Water-motor.



0. H. OLIVE.

WATER MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.22. 1914.

1,157,416. Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

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1 v. I 1 I/ z WITNESSES 5 IIIVVEIVTOR I By ATTORNEYS O. H. OLIVE.

WATER MOTOR. APPLlCATlON man OCT. 22. 19x4.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

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. WATER-MOTOR.

wheels, aresuch as that the impact elements of one of the wheels cannot destroy or impair the effect of the current upon those of the other wheel or wheels.

The object of my inventionis to provid a pair ofwater wheels each having a plurality of series of blades, the blades of each series being. connected to the respective wheel and spaced therearound at 90 with respect to one another, and the wheels'being connected to rotate in a permanently 'equa-l'to 45: Heferringnow to the accompanying drawdefinite relation and with their corresponding series of blades turned'so that oneassumes a' position in advance of the other ings, in which my invention is illustrated,

A of which is increased at'its center, and Fig.

Figure 1 is a plan-view illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal section taken substantially on line 2-2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section taken substantiallyon'line 3 30f Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a vertical cross section through the lower portion of a wheel the circumference 5 is a detail perspective view of a portion of one of the paddles and one of the adjacent wheel disks, broken away.

Referring now to these figures I prefer- "ably mount a pair of transverse shafts A and A. across a supporting float frame B,

' each of said shafts carrying a power wheel and each being provided with a sprocket wheel a connected by a sprocket chain a whereby to maintain the power wheels and the shafts A and A in permanently-fixed relation with respect to one another.

The float frame B may have vertical sockets b as best seen in Figs. 1 and 2whereby to mount the same upon piles and the like B and thus permit the frame to automatically adjust itself vertically upon the rise and fall of the stream or other body of Water in whichthe motor is disposed for Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed october 22, 1914. Serial No. 868,017.

rammed Oct. 19, 1915.

operation, thus tending to maintain the water wheels in uniform depth within the current. The shaft A may also, as shown in Fig. 1, be extended laterally at one side of the frame B and provided with a pulley or like member for connection by a belt and the like A in order to transmit the developed power to a distant point for utilization. I

Each of the wheels mounted upon the shafts A and A consists of a plurality of circular disks G secured upon the shaftin uniformly spaced relation in order to provide for the reception of the impact receiving paddles between these disks, there being a series of such paddles disposed in the space between each pair of said disks.

The paddles D of each series are hingedly,

connected at their inner ends to rods 0 extending between and connected to, the several disks C and forming-additionalsupports for the latter, thepaddles thus con-' nected being disposed at equi-distantly spaced points in and around the channel between two adjacent disks C at substantially 90 with respect to one another.

Each of the disks C has an inner hub c and a plurality of radial ribs 0 alternate ones of whichare extended outwardly upon its 'relatively opposite faces so as to form supports for the several paddles D upon opposite sides thereof, to prevent the latter from swinging inwardin one direction.

In the other direction the several paddles are free to move inwardly on the rods 0 before mentioned and may be locked in inner "inoperative positions due to the provision of eyes (Z upon the paddles themselves and hooks 0 around the disks .0 to engage said eyes.

It will be noted that the several disks C on the two'water wheels are alined and that first instance turned slightly with respect to one another so that of their several alined series of paddles, the paddles of one are in advance of those of the other a distance equal to 45 whereby in the operation of the wheels, the paddles of one wheel canaction of the current upon the paddlesof" not by any possibility,impair or destroy the the other Wheel. Of course, to'do .thisitwill be at once seen that the members of the paddles of each seriesmaynot exceed four and by reference to Fig. 2 in particular, it will be-seen that l preferablystagger the paddles of each of the wheels withoutdestroymg the particular relationoefore described as existing between the wheels. 7 later wheels so constructed and arranged vwill effectively serve the purposes or which mo-, tors of this character are intended and will enable' eaeh of the wheels to be formed e'ither with the same circumference throughout or with a circumference greatly increased at the center of the wheel and conforming somewhat to the slope of the bed of the stream as clearly seen by reference to Fig. 4:.

Iclaim: e H k c 1., A water motor consisting of a float frame, a pair of undershot water wheels mounted in the float frame and each con other around thewheel, rods connecting and supporting the disks and upon which the in- Y ner ends of the said paddles are hingedly connected, each of the said disks having a hub and radially projecting rods extending from the hub and projecting upon alternately opposite sides of the disks whereby to form supports for the paddles to prevent their inward swinging movement in one di- 1 rection, relatively engageable hooks and eyes carried by the disks and paddles for securing the latter in inoperative'positions, the seV-.

eral series of paddles of each Wheel being staggered with respect to one another and being in advance of thevalined paddle series frame, wheels 7, journaled across Lthe fioat of theother' wheel adistance equa1'ito45, an'dge'aring connecting the said Wheels and relation at all times.

2; A- water motor consisting of a float connecting the Wheels and maintaining the same in permanently fixed relation at all.

A water motor consisting of a float frame in parallel contiguous relation and rotating the same dire ctio neach Wheel consisting 0f plurality of V spaced dlsks forming channels therehetween, a series of disks, the blades of each series being spaced from one another and the series of blades being staggeredwith respect to one another being-relatively positioned so that their cormaintainingiithelsamein permanently fixed "blades disposed in each channel and hingedly connected at their inner ends t -the acent responding series of paddles are in advance,

of one aribthenand gearing connecting the wheels:

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